Dr. Alvin Batiste November 7, 1932 – May 6, 2007. Considered a founder of modern New Orleans jazz, Batiste was a long time instructor at Southern University where he created the Batiste Jazz Institute and taught the likes of Branford Marsalis,...

Inauguration of Governor John Parker at the Old State Capitol, Baton Rouge La. May 17, 1920. John Milken Parker (March 16, 1863 – May 20, 1939) served as the 37th governor of Louisiana from 1920-1924. He was a progressive democrat and a staunch...